Smyrna times., 1887-09-21

THE gates of the dam of Garrison's
mill four miles below Smyrna on the
state road, were taken up Monday to
replace with new ones. The travel
over will estopped the rest of the week,
during which time persons going to
Dover will have to go by Central mills
or by Leipsic. The wOrkmen expect
to have the bridge in position and
ready for crossing again the first part
OfneXt week.
The managers of the Delaware State
Fair announce that there will be a
grand musical tournament of all the
leading bands in the State Fair on
Wednesday morning, September 2Sth.
Three purses of $50, $50 and 500 will be
awarded as first, second and third
prizes respectively. Leaders of bands
in the State are requested to send to
ID. T. Barnard, Jr., secretary, Dover,
Del, for conditions and full particu-
lars of the contest.
The following printed notice was
found at popular young lady's door
one evening lest week: Especial no.
tice to callers.-Notice is hereby given
to callers that they will be sacked if
they call any other but Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday evenings By obeying
these rules you will keep out of trouble.
BY order of committee" That is a
good idea. A young lady should have
chance to get out some herself, to saw
nothing of the necessary time for read
ing, studying, sc.
THE public houses of Philadelphia
last week We're Gro wded from cellar to
garret, and then wouldn't hold the peo-
pie. Some of the visitors from the ru
raj sections will never tell Just how
they passed the night, but we hear of
two Smyrna men who wandered about
until after midnight and then made a
hotel of the cars, buying tickets to
Wilmington and then taking the next
train back to Philadelphia. What
sleep and rest they got that night was
on the cars to and from Wilmington.
RIGHT REV. A. A. CURTIS, Bishop of
the Diocese of Wilmington, will cele
brate ID. W. Mass, next Sunday 24th,
at st. POlycarp's Church, this town.
Services will commence at 1030 O'Clock.
1t is expected that the music for the
mass will be rendered by a choir either
from Wilmington or Dover. This will
be the first time in the history of
Smyrna that bishop of the Catholic
Church has oficiated within her limits
and doubtless will attract considerable
| notices from thisas also the fine oratorv
of his grace. The public is cordially
invited to be present.
Two of our young men who attended
the Centennial Celebration in Phila-
delphia and presumably were of the
lot who failed to procure lodgings. on
returning home on Saturday night
were so sound asleep when they reach
ed Clayton that they did not hear the
conductor nor notice the stopping of
the cars, and were taken on to Dover.
They told the conductor of the Norfolk
train that came along a little after
that their train did not stop at Clayton
land it didn't so far as they knew so
he brought them back and they got
home all the same before morning, but
with broken night in the way of re-
pose.
WE never, or hardly ever, give free
pulls to travelling shows, but Wallace
q Co.'s Great Show that exhibited
here last Tuesday is SO far above the
average that it is with pleasure we
commend it to the public. The street
parade was the finest ever seen in the
city; the horses were all beauties, not
a scrub among them; everything was
trim and clean, even the drivers were
clean and good looking. The menag-
erie is composed of choice and rare an
imals. The performance of the actors
was perfect; but as everybody saw the
Great Show, we will not attempt to
describe what you saw, for the general
verdict was, Wallace g. Co.'s Great
Show is a grand success.-Blanchester
Ohio, Star, May 14th, 1887.